Why should I use urlencode?

Question

I am writing a web application and learning how to urlencode html links...

All the urlencode questions here (see tag below) are \"How to...?\" questions.

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Answer 1

There're RFCs (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1738.html and the like) that define format for URLs, and browser/web server developers rely on this as a standard for interpreting data. If you don't comply, the results may be unpredictable.

HTTP URL has its specification, and it states that practically all non-latin characters need to be encoded.